> Craig Powers writes: > > > A fourth idea, suggested by Jack McDonald of QU, is for the first round > > to be played at the site of the better seed, followed (I presume) by > > two regionals with two teams each advancing. > > That's appealing, but it would add an extra week to the tournament. I doubt > the NC$$ would approve it. do you return to the best-of-three format for the first round, or play just one game? Seems like a lot of travel for only one game if there are east-west matchups in the first round (and west-west matchups too, but we're used to it!) --david